18-year-old forgot drug stuff was in truck

Published: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at 01:17 PM.

CRESTVIEW – A young man faces a drug-related charge after he forgot about the backpack in his truck that contained bags with green, leafy marijuana residue, scales and other paraphernalia.

He and some friends were leaving the Tom Thumb on West James Lee Boulevard when an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputy noticed his truck’s taillights weren’t working. The deputy stopped the truck and notified the 18-year-old driver, then asked if he had anything illegal in his truck. The youth, who lives in Baker, said he didn’t but admitted he and his friends had smoked weed before getting something to eat at Hungry Howies.

The deputy searched the truck and found a glass jar containing a green, leafy residue, in a backpack. He also found:

CRESTVIEW – A young man faces a drug-related charge after he forgot about the backpack in his truck that contained bags with green, leafy marijuana residue, scales and other paraphernalia.

He and some friends were leaving the Tom Thumb on West James Lee Boulevard when an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputy noticed his truck’s taillights weren’t working. The deputy stopped the truck and notified the 18-year-old driver, then asked if he had anything illegal in his truck. The youth, who lives in Baker, said he didn’t but admitted he and his friends had smoked weed before getting something to eat at Hungry Howies.

The deputy searched the truck and found a glass jar containing a green, leafy residue, in a backpack. He also found: